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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
Smiley Eel. I carefully positioned myself in front of this eel and waited patiently until I got the perfect smile.
Hippocampus histrix
Beadlet anemone - Actinia equina
statue
yellow
crocodile eyes
mimic
Transparent glass shrimp_Feb 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso100)
Yellow tubastrea cup corals in bloom.
Mother and baby nudibranch in Huahine
Hermissenda emurai
Coral fish_March 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f10,iso100)
Sea pony - Hippocampus fuscus
Hermissenda emurai
Pregnant Sea pony - Hippocampus fuscus
Sea pony - Hippocampus fuscus
A beautiful Mantis shrimp photographed at " Madonna Rock" dive site near Nha Trang_March 2024
(Canon60, 1/200,f16,iso100)
tongue parasite
Resting bisque face. A spiny lobster resting in a reef in San Salvador, Bahamas. Taken with OM systems TG7.
Orange Crater Sponge - Αgelas oroides
Freckled Hawkfish
RHINOPIAS FRONDOSA
Mauritius 2022
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Soft coral close up_Jan 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f16,iso100)
Emperor shrimp
Detail of a beautiful transparent glass ghost shrimp stopped on a branch of a soft green coral, photographed during a great diving in the South China Sea with our friend Duc,in Vietnam, Nha Trang_Feb 2024.(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso100)
Variable Blenny or Parablennius pilicornis - Medes Isles - Costa Brava - Spain
shortlistedShortlisted!
Atlantic Lizardfish - Synodus saurus
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